Intro: G5 D5 C5 Verse 1: G5 This was a town took care of it's own D5 That's what me and my children have known C5 I worked the mill the way my parents did G5 I remember this town when I was a kid B5 Sitting through the movies twice C5 Open windows late at night G5 Slipping out in the summer heat D5 To meet John Miller in the middle of the street Refr?o ------------- C5 They laid a highway a few years back G5 Next town over by the railroad track D5 Some nights, I'm glad it passed us by C5 G5 D5 C5 Some nights, I sit and watch my hometown die -------------------- Verse 2: G5 I'm fifty-five and when the mill burned down D5 I wasn't much past a pretty young gal C5 Boss lit a match in the oily night G5 Cops never had enough to set it right B5 So while the company traded with our lives C5 We were busy watching that slow moon rise G5 Dancing on the high grass ridge D5 Making love down by the Cedar County Bridge Repeat Chorus Instrumental: G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 C- Verse 3: G5 They never came to tear that old place down D5 They roped it off, but you can walk around C5 See the rust on the painted doors G5 Watch the rain fall through the burned out floors B5 This was a town took care of it's own C5 This was a town doing fine all alone G5 The mill got out a quarter to five D5 You could eat supper with any family you liked Repeat Chorus Outro: G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5